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Sep 30, 2010

You don’t need high megapixels for good photography

 

 

 

 

Sep 17, 2010

DPI and PPI (printing talk)

 

 

 

 

Sep 12, 2010

$25 gift certificate monthly contest

 

 

 

 

Aug 31, 2010

 

 

Meatloaf recipe

 

 

Aug 26, 2010

Leather Cord USA

Amazing Tile And Glass Cutter

Bench Top Cut-Off Saw

 

Engineering Wonders of the World

 

 

Aug 16, 2010

 

 

 

Monica’s Alaska trip

 

Aug 14, 2010

Resin fail

Gina DeStevens

 

 

 

Aug 12, 2010

Resin experiment giveaway (shark tooth)

 

 

Me

 

Aug 2, 2010

 

 

Aquarian Pottery Works

 

www.walldecalsart.com

Jul 27, 2010

Bronze clay with photos straight from kiln

 

 

 

 

Jul 26, 2010

Hadar’s compatibility chart for firing different clays together

Disk cutter

Amber Van Meter

 

 

 

Jul 19, 2010

 

Dora Schubert

Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

 

 

Jul 17, 2010

 

 

 

Walks in the Redwoods parks

Mehserle trial protest results

indoor grill

 

Jul 12, 2010

 

 

 

books

 

Jul 10, 2010

Thunderbird shopping experience

Copper patinas

Etsy top sellers are supplies

 

 

Gabe’s Close-Up trip

 

Jul 5, 2010

 

 

 

 

Veronica Smith

Jul 1, 2010

tool sales

 

Artbeads “Mommy and Me”

sleep

 

Jun 27, 2010

 

 

 

Sanyo indoor grill

 

Jun 24, 2010

how to dismantle a pasta machine in order to clean it

Up-to-date prices on silver and gold

 

 

Humor: class writing project

 

Jun 22, 2010

artisan jewelry components versus mass-produced imports

 

 

 

 

Jun 10, 2010

Google analytics, stat counters, adding a customer survey to your paypal checkout process

 

 

stuff (and getting rid of things)

 

Jun 5, 2010

 

 

 

does backstory change the experience

 

May 26, 2010

Etsy search

 

 

 

 

May 25, 2010

photos

 

 

 

 

May 21, 2010

one of a kind

 

 

Gabe’s D.C. trip

 

May 19, 2010

manufacturing upcycled jewelry components

beaded beads

 

 

 

 

May 16, 2010

 

 

 

pity vs compassion

amnesty

 

May 12, 2010

thoughts on elastic

 

 

Monica makes it to Nationals

 

May 8, 2010

Planning out jewelry designs versus doing it on the fly

failed experiment embedding cz’s in silver metal clay

 

 

 

 

May 3, 2010

 

 

 

Lost tv series

 

Apr 30, 2010

how to start a custom order

Donna Millard of FyreBeadz

Masaru Emoto: photographs of magnified water droplets

 

 

Apr 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

Kevin Sanderson

Apr 24, 2010

Color names—List of Colors

Tutorial link: removing pet hair from photos with cloning tool

 

 

Bear and foster kittens

 

Apr 22, 2010

photographing earrings

 

 

 

 

Apr 6, 2010

market research

 

 

Bear and foster kittens

 

Apr 2, 2010

Why I left ArtFire

 

 

 

 

Mar 31, 2010

wire-wrapping attempt

inspiration—some places I find it

fear of new things (mostly tools)

 

 

 

 

Mar 18, 2010

things to do and not do when posting jewelry photos

 

 

 

 

Mar 14, 2010

 

Amber Van Meter

tutorial for paper ornament balls

 

 

Mar 12, 2010

 

 

Smuckers whackadoodle on gays (the Johnny Weir story)

fast food nutrition facts

 

 

Mar 5, 2010

 

Alex Maryaskin

Huan Pham

useful auto information—Driverside

 

 

Mar 3, 2010

Tutorial link—wire-wrapped earrings

gemstone treatment—Labradorite

 

 

 

 

Feb 20, 2010

supply cabinets

my work space

cutting plastic tubes for my quote necklaces

balled headpins

 

 

 

 

Feb 19, 2010

Alex Spinglaschell’s “High Seas” bead

Jewlie Beads

 

 

 

Feb 13, 2010

 

 

 

Chicago trip

 

Feb 8, 2010

 

Vena Yvonne

 

 

 

Feb 5, 2010

Tutorial link—how to core a bead with metal tubing

25 piece doming block and punch set

 

vegetative patients show brain activity, awareness

 

 

Feb 4, 2010

thoughts on jewelry pricing

another Etsy rant—keyword tagging

 

Paper art

 

 

Feb 3, 2010

pricing your jewelry

thoughts on artisan jewelry

 

 

 

 

Jan 27, 2010

enameling on metal

Nicola of Murano Silver

 

Trivalley 18AA team singing at the airport

 

Jan 20, 2010

 

Beau and Shani Barrett from Evolving Creations Lampwork

Interesting facts video (Did you know?)

 

 

Jan 18, 2010

 

 

 

360-degree photos

 

Jan 15, 2010

Metal clay info to share

 

 

 

 

Jan 13, 2010

 

 

 

fostering Boots

 

Jan 8, 2010

 

Toni Lutman of WildWoods Art Glass studio

flower petal light

 

new Foster Boots

 

Jan 4, 2010

 

 

modern day Robin Hood

plant jewelry

 

 

Dec 25, 2009

 

 

 

resolutions

 

Dec 19, 2009

Etsy stats made easy—Craft Cult’s Heart-o-Matic

 

Jennifer Umphress, glass artist

foster kittens Annie and Andy

 

Dec 11, 2009

 

 

unclaimed property search

weight conversions

foster kittens Annie and Andy

 

Dec 10, 2009

 

 

dolphin bubble rings

cat color and temperament

 

Dec 6, 2009

vent about tutorials

 

 

 

 

Nov 21, 2009

Monica's first enamel project

 

 

 

 

Nov 14, 2009

My first enamel pieces

 

 

 

 

Nov 1, 2009

 

 

Little Man—documentary about a severe preemie

 

 

Oct 30, 2009

article on silver—"A Silver Primer" by Jun Culp Zeitner

 

pigeon cares for orphan bunnies

 

 

Oct 16, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 1, 2009

$6 DIY photocube

 

 

 

 

Sep 30, 2009

color combo WORD document

 

longest goal in hockey history

Roger Federer between the legs shot

sand animation art

 

 

Sep 18, 2009

blog for reporting/discussing scam Etsy sellers

 

 

 

 

Sep 9, 2009

PMC silver prices

 

 

 

 

Sep 8, 2009

 

 

 

SCBH Ganza hockey championship

 

Aug 22, 2009

Mr. Peacock

Bronze bead caps and charms

 

 

Half Moon Bay with family

 

Aug 14, 2009

Mr. Peacock

My first (and failed) PMC silver bead caps

 

 

More Dartmouth photos

 

Aug 12, 2009

Measurement conversion link

Wire info link

 

The high cost of fast food

Old Blog

Clerks excerpt

 

Aug 11, 2009

 

 

Emotional Wiring Different in Men and Women

 

 

Aug 10, 2009

Searching on Artfire, eBay, Etsy

 

 

 

 

Aug 7, 2009

 

 

 

Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land

More Dartmouth photos (Boston Museum of Fine Art)

 

Aug 6, 2009

Turquoise

 

 

 

 

Aug 6, 2009

Video link: slip knots in jewelry

 

 

Gabe, Ten, guitar photo

Among versus between (a grammar lesson)

Sea monsters

 

Aug 4, 2009

 

 

UPC bar code and country of origin

Blue food dye and spinal injuries

Regrets

What is the soul

 

 

Jul 31, 2009

 

 

Gas mileage calculator

 

 

Jul 25, 2009

24 gauge wire is not for charm bracelets

 

 

New blog

Boston Museum of Fine Art

 

Jul 20, 2009

 

 

 

Boston

 

Jun 29, 2009

Set-up for metal clay bead caps

dreadful first attempt at silver metal clay bead caps

matching binder dots with pitting in fired copper metal clay

 

 

 

 

Jun 28, 2009

freshly fired bronze metal clay pieces

 

 

 

 

Jun 27, 2009

bronze metal clay and kiln

Kiln settings

 

 

 

 

Jun 26, 2009

 

 

threading eyebrows

 

 

Jun 12, 2009

 

 

Photo contest donates to animal causes

Subconscious solves problems

 

Jun 11, 2009

 

 

the moose on the telephone wire

 

 

Jun 8, 2009

colorful bronze clay out of the kiln

 

gay animals

 

 

Jun 5, 2009

 

 

 

The butterfly leaving the cocoon: an analogy for enablers

 

Jun 1, 2009

the ginormous photocube

Bronze clay from the kiln

 

 

 

 

May 31, 2009

bronze clay from the kiln

 

 

 

 

May 30, 2009

Some firing schedules

smart-and-final stainless steel container lids

kiln stands from tea strainers

Tutorial Link: how to make reptile like skin effects in polymer clay

 

 

 

 

May 29, 2009

 

 

dragon guardians

 

 

May 28, 2009

 

 

 

Motivational quotes

 

May 20, 2009

 

 

 

Mondegreen

 

May 16, 2009

kiln and placement of items

 

 

my haircut

 

May 12, 2009

not fully sintered copper metal clay

bronze clay from kiln

 

 

 

 

May 11, 2009

Jewelry photographed on a mirror

 

 

Monica’s Mother’s Day card

 

May 10, 2009

Copper hollows in their green state

 

 

The difference between "simile" and "metaphor"

 

May 8, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

May 7, 2009

two places where you can get a lot of photo tips

the cost of low priced items

 

 

 

 

May 1, 2009

Copper in bronze metal clay bracelet attempt

 

 

 

 

Apr 29, 2009

Cool Tools Learning Center

 

 

when to pull the goalie

bad paraphrasing and fate—sports if we knew the outcome ahead of time

 

Apr 24, 2009

 

 

 

fighting for what you want versus going with the flow of the universe

 

Apr 16, 2009

dremel bits

blue patina

copper in bronze and bad pits in metal clay

Hadar’s technique for copper in bronze

bronze metal clay, polished and unpolished

 

donating pet oxygen masks to your local firefighters

tapping—acupressure technique that eliminates negativity

 

 

Apr 6, 2009

bronze clay quilt debacle

dreadfully unsintered bronze metal clay pieces

 

 

 

 

Apr 5, 2009

bronze clay out of the kiln with unusual stripes

kiln ash in charcoal

cracking metal clay when working with it

Monica made necklace from Alex bead

 

 

Van Gogh painting inspiration

 

Apr 4, 2009

Hadar Jacobson

kiln with and without metal clay container

firing schedules

clay shaping tool

plastic folder for metal clay projects

 

 

 

 

Mar 30, 2009

firing schedules

unsintered bronze metal clay

 

 

 

 

Mar 29, 2009

 

 

Qerat (Connie’s friend)

 

 

Mar 25, 2009

Lampwork beads bought at my local bead shop

 

 

 

 

Mar 21, 2009

 

 

documentary called Seven Up (aka: the “up” series)

 

 

Mar 19, 2009

Rana Mountain Studio—site with gem disclosure and info

 

 

 

 

Mar 17, 2009

first bronze metal clay efforts

Free Tutorial: polymer clay tear-away sheets instructions

tea strainer (for kiln stands)

firing schedule

bronze metal clay projects

donate to Beads of Courage by using Good Search

donate to Beads of Courage by using Good Search

 

 

Mon and Ten sleeping on couch

Sharky, Dar, and Ten at Mom’s house

 

Mar 16, 2009

Etsy MetalCaly Blog (no longer updated, but good info and photos)

 

 

 

 

Mar 13, 2009

Argentium

 

 

Video: you are worth the time

MSG

 

Mar 12, 2009

artists and the need to create

 

 

 

 

Mar 11, 2009

smart beads

Alex’s flat fish

 

 

 

 

Mar 6, 2009

jewelry making personal crisis

PMC Guild

 

 

 

 

Mar 5, 2009

creativity and mood disorders

Online Tutorial: making slipknot jewelry

 

34 symptoms of menopause

 

 

Mar 4, 2009

jumprings

 

 

 

 

Feb 27, 2009

Online tutorial for making Egyptian Clasp

 

 

 

 

Feb 26, 2009

price of common jewelry making components

 

 

 

 

Feb 18, 2009

 

 

 

why I can’t email everyone I want to

 

Feb 3, 2009

 

 

 

why time flies as you age

 

Jan 29, 2009

how I organize my jewelry-making process

Figure out materials costs as you work

 

 

 

 

Jan 26, 2009

Hong Kong sellers in eBay’s U.S. category

over-saturated bead photos

 

 

how some people always perceive a complaint to be about them

 

Jan 25, 2009

 

 

 

spiritual beliefs and your end of days

 

Jan 19, 2009

 

 

 

people I want to stay in contact with

 

Jan 11, 2009

 

 

 

Trader Joe’s vegetable masala burger

 

Jan 9, 2009

the “c” word (copying)

 

rat loves cat video

 

 

Jan 8, 2009

 

 

 

Humor: secrets of a happy marriage

 

Jan 6, 2009

 

 

restaurant report card—rating fast food nutrition

 

 

Jan 1, 2009

 

 

 

 

Princeton Premier Honors Edition Registry